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Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 (SL 2022/46) This order is made by the Minister for COVID-19 Response under sections 11 and 15(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 in accordance with section 9 of that Act.
Contents Title Commencement Purpose Guide to this order Interpretation Application of order Part 1 Self-isolation of relevant persons Application of Part to relevant persons Subpart 1—Self-isolation provisions Period of self-isolation Person must remain at place of self-isolation except when undertaking permitted activities Person must not permit anyone to enter place of self-isolation except as permitted Person must undergo medical examination and testing as required Person must comply with requirements for monitoring compliance Page 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 Note The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.
1 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 26 Subpart 2—Permitted reasons to leave place of self-isolation Essential permitted movement Permitted work and permitted work travel Part 2 Permitted work and permitted work travel Meaning of eligible worker When eligible worker permitted to leave place of self-isolation to undertake work Eligible worker must travel alone, with fellow resident, or in manner specified by Director-General Subpart 1—Work in bubble-of-one Duties of eligible worker leaving place of isolation to undertake work in bubble-of-one Duties of business or service in relation to eligible worker undertaking work in bubble-of-one Subpart 2—Work for critical service Duties of critical worker and critical service Duties of critical worker leaving place of isolation to undertake work or collect authorised rapid antigen tests Duties of business or service in relation to critical workers Identification of critical workers When business or service permitted to issue authorisation letter to worker Registration of business or service in critical services register Authorisation of persons as critical workers by registered business or service Meaning of critical service Meaning of critical service Subpart 3—Miscellaneous How Part 2 applies to business or service Part 3 Miscellaneous Subpart 1—Exemptions 27 27A Exemption for emergencies Director-General may exempt COVID-19 case from requirement to remain at place of self-isolation for specified work reasons Subpart 2—Obligations of fellow residents of relevant persons Fellow resident of relevant person must not permit anyone to enter place of self-isolation except as permitted 28 2 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 29 30 31 32 33 1 2 3 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Subpart 3—Managed isolation or quarantine may replace self- isolation Managed isolation or quarantine may replace self-isolation under this order Subpart 4—Director-General notices What Director-General may do under this order by Director- General notice Subpart 5—Amendments and revocation Revocation Revocation of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Requirements for Close Contacts) Order 2022 Consequential amendment to COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 Principal order Clause 10 amended (Period of isolation or quarantine) Schedule 1 Self-isolation for COVID-19 cases Schedule 2 Self-isolation for household contacts of COVID-19 cases Schedule 3 Self-isolation for specified close contacts Schedule 4 Critical workers for specified events cl 3 18 19 20 21 21 22 24 26 28 Title Order This order is the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Require‐ ments and Permitted Work) Order 2022.
Commencement This order comes into force at 11.59 pm on 24 February 2022.
Purpose The purpose of this order is to limit the spread of COVID-19 by setting out requirements for persons who must self-isolate in accordance with this order (for example, COVID-19 cases), including— (a) self-isolation requirements and the permitted reasons for a person to leave their place of self-isolation; and 3 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 (b) testing requirements for a person during the period of self-isolation.
Guide to this order Clauses 1 to 6 provide for preliminary matters, including the purpose of this order and definitions of key terms.

Part 1 sets out the self-isolation provisions that may apply to a person and pro‐ vides that a self-isolation provision does not have effect unless specified in a schedule of this order that applies to the person.

Part 2 sets out requirements that apply to a person permitted to undertake per‐ mitted work and permitted work travel under clause 14.
Part 3 provides for miscellaneous matters, including clause 29, which provides that a medical officer of health or a health protection officer may determine that a relevant person must be isolated and quarantined in accordance with Part 1 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 instead of the applicable self-isolation provisions under this order in cer‐ tain circumstances.

Schedule 1 specifies the self-isolation provisions that apply to COVID-19 cases.
Schedule 2 specifies the self-isolation provisions that apply to household con‐ tacts of COVID-19 cases.

Schedule 3 specifies the self-isolation provisions that apply to specified close contacts.

Interpretation In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 applicable self-isolation provision, in relation to a relevant person, means a self-isolation provision listed in a self-isolation schedule that applies to the relevant person.
authorisation letter has the meaning given to it in clause 22(2) authorised rapid antigen test means a point-of-care test permitted to be used under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Point-of-care Tests) Order 2021 chief executive has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Act COVID-19 case has the meaning given by clause 1 of Schedule 1 COVID-19 symptoms means 1 of more of the following: (a) (b) (c) (d) a new or worsening cough: sneezing and a runny nose: a fever: temporary loss of smell: cl 4 4 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 5 (1) 4 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 cl 5 (e) (f) (g) altered sense of taste: a sore throat: shortness of breath critical service has the meaning given by clause 25 critical services register has the meaning given by clause 23(5) critical worker means an eligible worker— (a) (b) identified in an authorisation letter as a critical worker; or carrying out work for a health service or an emergency service referred to in clause 24(3) defined space— (a) means any single indoor space or single outdoor space; and (b) if there is more than 1 space in any premises, means a space described in paragraph (a) for which there are systems and processes in operation that ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that people using the space do not intermingle at a distance closer than 2 metres with other persons using, entering, or leaving the premises Director-General notice means a notice made under clause 30 distribution centre means a centre specified in a Director-General notice as a distribution centre for authorised rapid antigen tests eligible worker has the meaning given by clause 15 face covering means— (a) a face covering of a type specified in a Director-General notice for the purposes of this definition; or (b) if no type is specified, a covering of any type that— (i) (ii) covers the nose and mouth of a person; and is secured to the person’s head by ear loops or a head loop fellow resident, in
 relation to a relevant person, means a person who lives at the same place of self-isolation as the relevant person health protection officer has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Health Act 1956 health service— (a) means a service provided for the purpose of assessing, improving, pro‐ tecting, or managing the physical or mental health of individuals or groups of individuals; and (b) includes a managed isolation and quarantine service high risk infringement offence means the high risk class of infringement offence prescribed by regulation 5(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2021 5 cl 6 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 household contact has the meaning given by clause 1 of Schedule 2 low risk infringement offence means the low risk class of infringement offence prescribed by regulation 5(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2021 medium risk infringement offence means the medium risk class of infringe‐ ment offence prescribed by regulation 5(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2021 medical officer of health has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Health Act 1956 period of self-isolation, for a relevant person, has the meaning given by clause 8 permitted work has the meaning given by clause 14 permitted work travel has the meaning given by clause 14 place of self-isolation, for a relevant person, means the residence or other accommodation at which the relevant person is self-isolating registered business or service means a business or service that is registered as a critical service in the critical services register relevant person means a person to whom self-isolation provisions apply under— (a) (b) (c) clause 1 of Schedule 1: clause 1 of Schedule 2: clause 1 of Schedule 3 self-isolation schedule means any schedule of this order other than
 Schedule 4 specified close contact has the meaning given by clause 1 of Schedule 3 work in a bubble-of-one, in relation to a relevant person, means work under‐ taken by the relevant person in a defined space in which there are no other per‐ sons present.
(2) For the purposes of the definition of defined space,— (a) an indoor space is a single indoor space if there are walls (whether per‐ manent or temporary) that substantially divide that space from other spaces: (b) an outdoor space is a single outdoor space if— (i) (ii) there are walls (whether permanent or temporary) that substan‐ tially divide that space from other spaces; or all people in that space are separated by at least 2 metres from other people who are outside that space.
Application of order This order applies to the whole of New Zealand.

6 6 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 1 cl 9 Part 1 Self-isolation of relevant persons 7 (1) Application of Part to relevant persons This Part sets out a range of provisions (self-isolation provisions) that may apply to a relevant person.
(2) A self-isolation provision— (a) (b) does not have effect unless it is specified in a self-isolation schedule; and has effect in the manner specified in that schedule and subject to any modifications in that schedule.

Example Person A is a COVID-19 case.

The self-isolation provisions that apply to Person A are the self-isolation provisions listed in Part 2 of the self-isolation schedule that applies to COVID-19 cases (Schedule 1).
Subpart 1—Self-isolation provisions 8 9 Period of self-isolation A relevant person’s period of self-isolation is the period specified in the self- isolation schedule that applies to the relevant person.

Person must remain at place of self-isolation except when undertaking permitted activities (1) A relevant person must be isolated as required by this clause throughout their period of self-isolation.
(2) (3) (4) They must remain at their place of self-isolation, except when undertaking per‐ mitted activities.

They must have mobile phone coverage, a landline, or access to the Internet to enable contact with the Ministry of Health or another government agency if required.
They must have access to a place that the Ministry of Health or another govern‐ ment agency recognises as a community testing centre or another testing place for COVID-19 that enables them to report for, and undergo, medical examin‐ ation and testing for COVID-19 as required by this subpart.

(5) In this clause, permitted activities means activities of a kind permitted by a self-isolation schedule (through the specification of clause 13 or 14, or both).
(6) A breach of subclause (2) is a high risk infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
7 Part 1 cl 10 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 10 Person must not permit anyone to enter place of self-isolation except as permitted (1) A relevant person must not permit anyone to enter their place of self-isolation except— (a) (b) a fellow resident; or someone who needs to enter— (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) for contactless delivery of goods while wearing a face covering; or to preserve or protect any person’s life, health, safety, or property in an emergency; or to provide necessary medical services; or to provide any home-help services (excluding cleaning services) for persons who require assistance because of sickness or disabil‐ ity.
(2) In this clause, contactless delivery means delivery while remaining at least 2 metres away from all other persons.
11 Person must undergo medical examination and testing as required During their period of self-isolation, a relevant person must do the following: (a) (b) (c) undergo medical examination and testing for COVID-19 at the times and using the methods specified in a Director-General notice; and report for medical examination and testing if required by a Director- General notice; and report the results of the testing to the Ministry of Health in the manner specified in a Director-General notice; and 12 Person must comply with requirements for monitoring compliance A relevant person must comply with the requirements for monitoring that ensure that they comply with the requirements for medical examination and testing under clause 11, as directed by a Director-General notice.
Subpart 2—Permitted reasons to leave place of self-isolation 13 Essential permitted movement (1) A relevant person is permitted to leave their place of self-isolation to undertake essential permitted movement.
(2) In this clause, essential permitted movement means— (a) to report for, and undergo, medical examination and testing required by this Part; or 8 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 1 cl 14 (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) to do any outdoor exercise in the neighbourhood of their place of self- isolation (but not at any shared exercise facility, such as a swimming pool); or to access an essential health service for treatment that cannot be deferred until after their period of self-isolation; or to attend any hearing of a court, a tribunal, the New Zealand Parole Board, or another judicial institution that they are required to attend by that institution; or to move to another place of self-isolation in order to preserve the rele‐ vant person’s own or another person’s life, health, or safety; or to visit a dying relative who is not expected to live beyond the relevant person’s period of self-isolation; or to visit the body of a relative before a funeral or tangihanga, if the rele‐ vant person will not be able to visit the body after their period of self- isolation.
(3) However, subclause (2)(f) and (g) does not permit the relevant person to attend a funeral or tangihanga.
(4) A relevant person travelling from their place of self-isolation to any other place to undertake essential permitted movement must— (a) travel— (i) (ii) (iii) by a private means of transport, either alone or with a fellow resi‐ dent only; or by walking alone; or if it is not practicable for the relevant person to comply with sub‐ paragraph (i) or (ii), in a manner specified in a Director-General notice; and (b) return directly to their place of self-isolation afterwards.
(5) The relevant person must wear a face covering at all times while undertaking essential permitted movement, except when exercising.

14 Permitted work and permitted work travel (1) A relevant person is permitted to leave their place of self-isolation to under‐ take— (a) (b) permitted work in accordance with Part 2; or permitted work travel in accordance with clause 17.

Example Person A is a COVID-19 case.


A is not permitted to leave their place of self-isola- tion under subclause (1) because clause 14 is not listed in Part 2 of the self-isola- tion schedule that applies to a COVID-19 case (Schedule 1).

9 Part 2 cl 15 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 Person B is a household contact of Person A.
B is permitted to leave their place of self-isolation under this clause because clause 14 is listed in Part 2 of the self-iso- lation schedule that applies to a household contact of a COVID-19 case (Schedule 2).
(2) In this clause,— permitted work means— (a) work in a bubble-of-one; or (b) work by a critical worker for a registered business or service; or (c) work by a critical worker for a health service or an emergency service referred to in clause 24(3); or (d) work by a critical worker that is undertaken in connection with an event listed in Schedule 4 (for which the critical worker is identified in that schedule as a participant in the event) permitted work travel means travel to and from a relevant person’s place of self-isolation to— (a) (b) undertake permitted work; or if the relevant person is a critical worker, collect authorised rapid antigen tests from a distribution centre.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of permitted work in sub‐ clause (2), the work referred to in that paragraph includes a participant referred to in Schedule 4 undertaking, facilitating, or otherwise being involved in any exercise, training, or practice in connection with the event listed in that sched‐ ule.
Part 2 Permitted work and permitted work travel 15 Meaning of eligible worker A person is an eligible worker if— (a) (b) the person is a relevant person; and clause 14 is listed in a self-isolation schedule that applies to the person.

16 When eligible worker permitted to leave place of self-isolation to undertake work Bubble-of-one (1) An eligible worker must not leave their place of self-isolation to undertake work in a bubble-of-one unless the worker is— (a) (b) vaccinated; and asymptomatic.
10 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 2 cl 18 Critical service (2) An eligible worker must not leave their place of self-isolation to undertake work for a critical service unless the worker— (a) (b) (c) is vaccinated; and is asymptomatic; and has returned a negative authorised rapid antigen test result for COVID-19 before leaving their place of self-isolation.
(3) A breach of subclause (1) or (2) is a high risk infringement offence for the pur‐ poses of section 26(3) of the Act.
(4) In this clause,— asymptomatic, in relation to an eligible worker, means that the eligible worker does not have any COVID-19 symptoms vaccinated, in relation to an eligible worker, means the eligible worker has received all of the doses of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines specified in an item of the table in Schedule 3 of the COVID-19 Pub‐ lic Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.
17 Eligible worker must travel alone, with fellow resident, or in manner specified by Director-General An eligible worker who leaves their place of self-isolation to undertake permit‐ ted work must— (a) travel to and from their place of self-isolation— (i) (ii) (iii) by a private means of transport, either alone or with a fellow resi‐ dent only; or by walking alone; or if it is not practicable for the eligible worker to comply with sub‐ paragraph (i) or (ii), in a manner specified in a Director-General notice; and (b) return directly to their place of self-isolation after undertaking the per‐ mitted work.
Subpart 1—Work in bubble-of-one 18 Duties of eligible worker leaving place of isolation to undertake work in bubble-of-one (1) An eligible worker must— (a) wear a face covering at all times while undertaking work in a bubble-of- one, except— (i) when eating, drinking, or taking medicine; or 11 Part 2 cl 19 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 (ii) when communicating with a person if the person is deaf or hard of hearing and visibility of the mouth is essential for communication; or (iii) when asked to remove the face covering to ascertain the eligible worker’s identity; or (iv) when in an emergency; or (v) when removal of, or not wearing, the face covering is otherwise required or authorised by law; and (b) return to the eligible worker’s place of self-isolation as soon as practic‐ able after developing any COVID-19 symptoms.
(2) A breach of subclause (1) is a high risk infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
19 Duties of business or service in relation to eligible worker undertaking work in bubble-of-one (1) A business or service must have systems and processes in place to ensure, as far as practicable, that— (a) (b) (c) no other person enters a defined space while an eligible worker is under‐ taking work in a bubble-of-one for the business or service in the defined space; and the eligible worker remains at least 2 metres away from any other person when using, entering, or leaving the workplace; and the eligible worker undertaking work in a bubble-of-one has access to face coverings and complies with clause 18(1)(a).
(2) A breach of subclause (1) is a low risk infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
Subpart 2—Work for critical service Duties of critical worker and critical service 20 Duties of critical worker leaving place of isolation to undertake work or collect authorised rapid antigen tests (1) A critical worker must— (a) (b) take an authorised rapid antigen test each work day before leaving their place of self-isolation to undertake permitted work (other than work in a bubble-of-one); and carry, while undertaking permitted work (other than work in a bubble-of- one) or permitted work travel,— (i) an authorisation letter from a registered business or service; or 12 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 2 cl 21 (ii) an authorisation letter in connection with an event listed in Sched‐ ule 4; or (iii) work identification for a health service or an emergency service referred to in clause 24(3); and (c) notify the result of any authorised rapid antigen test taken by the critical worker— (i) (ii) to their employer before leaving their place of self-isolation to undertake permitted work or permitted work travel; and to the Ministry of Health in a manner required by a Director- General notice; and (d) wear a face covering at all times while undertaking permitted work, except— (i) when eating, drinking, or taking medicine; or (ii) when communicating with a person if the person is deaf or hard of hearing and visibility of the mouth is essential for communication; or (iii) when asked to remove the face covering to ascertain the critical worker’s identity; or (iv) when in an emergency; or (v) when removal of, or not wearing, the face covering is otherwise required or authorised by law; and (e) return to the critical worker’s place of self-isolation as soon as practic‐ able after developing any COVID-19 symptoms.
(2) A critical worker must, when taking a test under subclause (1)(a), use an authorised rapid antigen test obtained— (a) (b) from a distribution centre; or otherwise in a manner specified in a Director-General notice.

(3) A breach of subclause (1) is a high risk infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
(4) If a critical worker (A) is identified in Schedule 4 as a participant in an event listed in that schedule, A’s employer for the purposes of subclause (1)(c)(i) is a person who is responsible for managing or supervising A’s permitted work.
21 Duties of business or service in relation to critical workers (1) A registered business or service must have systems and processes in place to ensure, as far as is practicable, that— (a) a critical worker who is required to take an authorised rapid antigen test is able to notify the business or service of the result of the authorised rapid antigen test before leaving self-isolation to undertake permitted work or permitted work travel for the business or service; and 13 Part 2 cl 22 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 (b) (c) the critical worker has access to face coverings and complies with clause 20(1)(d); and each other person working for the business or service in a defined space at the same time as a critical worker wears a face covering at all times, except— (i) when eating, drinking, or taking medicine; or (ii) when communicating with a person if the person is deaf or hard of hearing and visibility of the mouth is essential for communication; or (iii) when asked to remove the face covering to ascertain the person’s identity; or (iv) when in an emergency; or (v) when removal of, or not wearing, the face covering is otherwise required or authorised by law; and (d) the critical worker has access to a defined space in which no other per‐ sons are present for the purpose of any breaks during which the critical worker is not wearing a face covering.
(2) (3) Subclause (1) applies to a health service or an emergency service referred to in clause 24(3) as if it were a registered business or service.

Subclause (1) does not apply in relation to permitted work undertaken in con‐ nection with an event listed in Schedule 4 by a critical worker who is identified in that schedule as a participant in the event.

(4) A breach of subclause (1) is a low risk infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
Identification of critical workers 22 When business or service permitted to issue authorisation letter to worker (1) A business or service must not issue an authorisation letter to a person unless— (a) (b) the business or service is registered in the critical services register; or the person is a participant in an event listed in Schedule 4.
(2) In this clause, authorisation letter means a document that is issued electronic‐ ally or in hard copy to a person who works for a business or service and that includes— (a) (b) (c) a statement that the person is a critical worker; and an outline of the protocols the person will need to follow to mitigate the risk of transmission of COVID-19; and if the business or service is a registered business or service, the unique identifier for the business or service in the critical services register.
14 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 2 cl 24 (3) A breach of subclause (1) is a low risk infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
23 Registration of business or service in critical services register (1) A business or service is registered in the critical services register if— (a) (b) (c) the business or service declares itself to be a critical service in the man‐ ner specified by the Director-General; and the chief executive has issued a letter to the business or service confirm‐ ing the business or service’s registration in the critical services register (a registration letter); and the business or service has not been removed from the critical services register by the Director-General under subclause (3).
(2) The chief executive must issue a registration letter to a business or service that declares itself to be a critical service in accordance with subclause (1)(a).

(3) However, the Director-General may at any time remove a business or service from the critical services register if the Director-General is satisfied that the business or service is not a critical service.
(4) A registration letter issued by the chief executive to a business or service under subclause (1)(b) is not evidence that a business or service is, in fact, a critical service.

(5) In this clause, critical services register means a register approved by the Director-General to record— (a) (b) self-declarations of businesses or services as critical services; and information relating to each business or service.
24 Authorisation of persons as critical workers by registered business or service (1) A registered business or service must not provide an authorisation letter to a person unless— (a) (b) (c) the person is an eligible worker; and the person carries out work for the business or service that cannot be car‐ ried out remotely; and the registered business or service has evidence that the person is vacci‐ nated as defined in clause 16(4).
(2) A business or service that provides an eligible worker with an authorisation let‐ ter must— (a) (b) keep a copy of the authorisation letter; and provide a copy of the authorisation letter to an enforcement officer on request.
(3) This clause does not apply— 15 Part 2 cl 25 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 (a) (b) to a health service or an emergency service of a type specified in a Director-General notice; or in relation to permitted work undertaken in connection with an event listed in Schedule 4 by a critical worker who is identified in that sched‐ ule as a participant in the event.
(4) A breach of subclause (1)(c) is a medium risk infringement offence for the pur‐ poses of section 26(3) of the Act.

(5) A breach of subclause (2) is a low risk infringement offence for the purposes of section 26(3) of the Act.
Meaning of critical service 25 Meaning of critical service (1) A business or service is a critical service if— (a) (b) the business or service is of a type of service described in subclause (2) and the temporary closure of the business or service will cause signifi‐ cant economic, social, or physical harm to the community; or the business or service is a service (whether public or private) that is required to meet a statutory obligation (including a statutory obligation under the Animal Welfare Act 1999) and— (i) (ii) the statutory obligation cannot be fulfilled remotely; and alternative service provision is not available.
(2) The types of services are— (a) services to meet basic human needs, including services that involve any of the following: (i) (ii) (iii) food production and manufacturing: distribution and sale of basic food (such as supermarkets, dairies, and food banks): providing people with principal accommodation, including a pri‐ mary residence (such as an apartment in a hotel), social or emer‐ gency housing, or a place of self-isolation: (iv) health services: (b) key public services, including services that involve any of the following: (i) (ii) central and local government services and decision making: COVID-19 response services: (iii) managed isolation and quarantine services: judicial services or other services in the justice sector: key regulatory functions: emergency services: (iv) (v) (vi) 16 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 3 cl 27A (vii) other critical public services: (c) critical support systems and services, including services that involve any of the following: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) lifeline utilities: transport and logistics: critical financial services: news media: social welfare services: solid waste services: (d) services required for the maintenance or operation of services of a type described in paragraphs (a) to (c), for example, services that are required as part of a supply chain, as a necessary ancillary service, or for super‐ vising dependants of workers in critical sectors in a childcare or educa‐ tion context.
Subpart 3—Miscellaneous 26 How Part 2 applies to business or service (1) A clause of this Part that applies to a business or service applies to the person who carries on that business or service.

(2) A clause of this Part that applies in relation to a particular activity applies to a business or service to the extent that the activity is carried out by the business or service.
Part 3 Miscellaneous Subpart 1—Exemptions Subpart 1 heading: replaced, at 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/53).

27 Exemption for emergencies Nothing in this order prevents any person from assisting in, or responding to, an emergency.
27A Director-General may exempt COVID-19 case from requirement to remain at place of self-isolation for specified work reasons (1) The Director-General may, by Director-General notice, exempt any COVID-19 case or class of COVID-19 cases from the application of clause 9(2) while the COVID-19 case or a COVID-19 case of that class is undertaking work of a 17 Part 3 cl 28 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 type specified in the notice or travelling to and from their place of self-isolation to undertake work of that type.
(2) The Director-General may grant an exemption only if they are satisfied that— (a) (b) (c) (d) the exemption is necessary or desirable to avoid temporary disruption of a business or service; and temporary disruption of the business or service would cause significant economic, social, or physical harm to a community; and the extent of the exemption is no broader than is reasonably necessary to address the matters that gave rise to the exemption; and the risk of transmission of COVID-19 by the exempted COVID-19 case or cases can be appropriately managed.
(3) The Director-General may impose conditions on the exemption as the Director- General considers necessary.

Clause 27A: inserted, at 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022, by clause 5 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/53).
Subpart 2—Obligations of fellow residents of relevant persons 28 Fellow resident of relevant person must not permit anyone to enter place of self-isolation except as permitted A fellow resident of a relevant person must not permit anyone to enter the rele‐ vant person’s place of self-isolation except as permitted by clause 10.
Subpart 3—Managed isolation or quarantine may replace self-isolation 29 Managed isolation or quarantine may replace self-isolation under this order (1) A medical officer of health or a health protection officer may determine that a relevant person must be isolated or quarantined in accordance with Part 1 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 (the Isolation and Quarantine Order) instead of the applicable self-isolation provisions under this order if— (a) (b) a medical officer of health or a health protection officer considers that the person does not have a suitable residence or other accommodation for the purposes of complying with the self-isolation provisions; and the chief executive has confirmed that there is capacity for the person to be isolated or quarantined under the Isolation and Quarantine Order.
(2) The person’s period of isolation or quarantine under Part 1 of the Isolation and Quarantine Order is— (a) the period— 18 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 3 cl 30 (i) (ii) commencing at the time at which the person is transferred to their place of isolation or quarantine under the Isolation and Quarantine Order; and ending at the end of the period of self-isolation specified in the applicable self-isolation schedule if a medical officer of health or a health protection officer is satisfied that the person meets the low-risk indicators, as determined as close as is reasonably prac‐ ticable to the end of that period; or (b) any longer period needed to satisfy a medical officer of health or a health protection officer that the person meets the low-risk indicators, but no longer than the period ending at the same time of day as, but on the 14th day after, the person became a relevant person.
(3) Despite subclause (1), the applicable self-isolation provisions under this order again applies to the person instead of Part 1 of the Isolation and Quarantine Order if a medical officer of health or a health protection officer is satisfied that the circumstances described in subclause (1) no longer applies.
(4) If the applicable self-isolation provisions under this order again apply to the person, their period of self-isolation under those requirements ends when it otherwise would have if Part 1 of the Isolation and Quarantine Order had not applied.
(5) In this clause, low-risk indicators, for a relevant person, means that— (a) the relevant person— (i) (ii) has undergone the medical examination and testing required to assess whether they have COVID-19, with a negative result; or has been determined by a medical officer of health or health pro‐ tection officer to have particular physical or other needs that make it inappropriate for them to undergo that medical examination and testing; and (b) other medical tests or information relating to the person (if any) indicate that the person is at low risk of having or transmitting COVID-19.
Subpart 4—Director-General notices 30 What Director-General may do under this order by Director-General notice (1) The Director-General may, by notice, do anything that this order says may be done by Director-General notice, including— (a) specifying a type of face covering for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of face covering in clause 5(1), which may include differ‐ ent types of face coverings for the purposes of different clauses; and 19 Part 3 cl 31 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 (b) (c) specifying a manner in which a person may travel to and from their place of self-isolation under clause 13(4)(a)(iii) or 17(a)(iii) if satisfied that the manner specified minimises, so far as practicable, the risk of transmitting COVID-19 to other persons; and specifying, for the purposes of clause 24(3)(a), a health service or an emergency service to which clause 24 does not apply, if the Director- General is satisfied the service has alternative ways of appropriately identifying critical workers; and (d) exempting a COVID-19 case or class of COVID-19 cases from the application of clause 9(2) in accordance with clause 27A.
(2) A notice made under this clause is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements), unless it applies only to 1 or more named persons.

(3) A notice made under this clause for 1 or more named persons must be notified in writing to the applicant and any named person or persons as soon as practic‐ able after it is made.
Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this clause Publication LA19 s 74(1)(aa) The maker must publish it in accordance with the Legislation (Publication) Regulations 2021 The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives Presentation Disallowance This note is not part of the order.
LA19 s 114 LA19 ss 115, 116 Clause 30 heading: replaced, at 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022, by clause 6(1) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/53).

Clause 30(1): amended, at 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022, by clause 6(2) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/53).
Clause 30(1)(d): inserted, at 11.59 pm on 4 March 2022, by clause 6(3) of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/53).

Subpart 5—Amendments and revocation Revocation 31 Revocation of COVID-19 Public Health Response (Requirements for Close Contacts) Order 2022 The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Requirements for Close Contacts) Order 2022 (SL 2022/19) is revoked.
20 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Part 3 cl 33 Consequential amendment to COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Order 2020 32 Principal order Clause 33 amends the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quar‐ antine) Order 2020.
33 Clause 10 amended (Period of isolation or quarantine) (1) After clause 10(1), insert: (1A) However, if clause 29 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 applies to the person, the per‐ son’s period of isolation or quarantine is instead the period that applies to the person under clause 29(2) of that order.

(2) Revoke clause 10(2)(c).


21 Schedule 1 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 Schedule 1 Self-isolation for COVID-19 cases cl 7 Part 1 Application 1 (1) Application of this schedule This schedule applies to a person (a COVID-19 case) if— (a) (b) there is definitive laboratory evidence that the person has COVID-19; or the person has returned a positive result from an authorised rapid antigen test.
(2) However, a person is not a COVID-19 case if the person, within the 1-month period ending on the date on which subclause (1) first applies to the person, has been a COVID-19 case and completed a period of self-isolation.
(3) In this clause, definitive laboratory evidence means— (a) detection of SARS-CoV-2 from a clinical specimen using— (i) (ii) a validated nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for COVID-19; or a validated single target point of care nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for COVID-19; or detection of coronavirus from a clinical specimen using a pan-coronavi‐ rus nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for COVID-19 and confirm‐ ation as SARS-CoV-2 by sequencing; or detection from a clinical specimen of a significant rise in IgG antibody level to SARS-CoV-2 between paired sera; or detection of SARS-CoV-2 from a clinical specimen using a validated laboratory multi-target nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for COVID-19.
(b) (c) (d) nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for COVID-19 means a test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral ribonu‐ cleic acid using— (a) (b) reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR); or transcription-mediated amplification (TMA).

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of definitive laboratory evi‐ dence, a very weak positive result is only laboratory definitive evidence if the result is confirmed in a second sample.
(4) 22 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Schedule 1 2 Part 2 of this schedule applies to all COVID-19 cases Part 2 of this schedule specifies the self-isolation provisions that apply to a COVID-19 case.
Part 2 Self-isolation provisions that have effect Clause cl 8 Brief description Self-isolation requirements Period of self-isolation Modification For the purposes of clause 8, the period of self-isolation— (a) (b) starts as soon as practicable after the person becomes aware they are a COVID-19 case; and ends at the same time of day as, but on the 10th day after, the earlier of the following: (i) (ii) the time at which the person developed any COVID-19 symptoms: the time at which they returned a positive COVID-19 test result.
cl 9 cl 10 cl 11 cl 12 cl 13 3 4 Person must remain at place of self- isolation except when undertaking permitted activities Person must not permit anyone to enter place of self-isolation except as permitted Person must undergo medical examination and testing as required Person must comply with any requirements for monitoring compliance Permitted reasons to leave place of self-isolation Essential permitted movement Part 3 Miscellaneous How to read clause references In this schedule, a clause reference in a table is a reference to a clause in Part 1 of this order.
Relationship with other self-isolation schedules If there is an inconsistency between this schedule and Schedule 2 or 3, this schedule prevails.

23 Schedule 2 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 Schedule 2 Self-isolation for household contacts of COVID-19 cases cl 7 Part 1 Application 1 (1) Application of this schedule This schedule applies to a person (a household contact) who is a fellow resi‐ dent of a COVID-19 case.
(2) However, a person is not a household contact if the person— (a) (b) is a COVID-19 case; or has, within the 1-month period ending on the date on which subclause (1) first applies to the person, been a COVID-19 case and completed a period of self-isolation.

2 Part 2 of this schedule applies to all household contacts Part 2 of this schedule specifies the self-isolation provisions that apply to a household contact.
Part 2 Self-isolation provisions that have effect Modification For the purposes of clause 8, the period of self-isolation— (a) (b) starts as soon as practicable after the person becomes aware they are a household contact; and ends at the same time of day as, but on the 10th day after, the earlier of the following: (i) (ii) the time the household contact’s fellow resident developed any COVID-19 symptoms: the time the household contact’s fellow resident returned a positive COVID-19 test.
Clause cl 8 Brief description Self-isolation requirements Period of self-isolation Person must remain at place of self- isolation except when undertaking permitted activities cl 9 24 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Schedule 2 Clause cl 10 cl 11 cl 12 cl 13 cl 14 Modification Brief description Person must not permit anyone to enter place of self-isolation except as permitted Person must undergo medical examination and testing as required Person must comply with any requirements for monitoring compliance Permitted reasons to leave place of self-isolation Essential permitted movement Permitted work and permitted work travel Part 3 Miscellaneous 3 How to read clause references In this schedule, a clause reference in a table is a reference to a clause in Part 1 of this order.
4 (1) (2) Relationship with other self-isolation schedules If there is an inconsistency between this schedule and Schedule 1, Schedule 1 prevails.

If there is an inconsistency between this schedule and Schedule 3, this schedule prevails.
25 Schedule 3 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 Schedule 3 Self-isolation for specified close contacts cl 7 Part 1 Application 1 (1) (2) Application of this schedule This schedule applies to a person (a specified close contact) if the Director- General specifies in a Director-General notice that the person that this schedule applies to the person.
The Director-General may specify in a Director-General notice that this sched‐ ule applies to the person only if satisfied that— (a) (b) the person has been in a defined space at the same time as or immedi‐ ately after a COVID-19 case during the case’s infectious period; and the person is at significant risk of having been exposed to COVID-19 as a result.
(3) In this clause, infectious period, in relation to a COVID-19 case, means the period— (a) commencing 48 hours before the case develops COVID-19 symptoms; and (b) ending 10 days after the case develops COVID-19 symptoms.

2 Part 2 of this schedule applies to all specified close contacts Part 2 of this schedule specifies the self-isolation provisions that apply to a spe‐ cified close contact.
Part 2 Self-isolation provisions that have effect Clause cl 8 Brief description Self-isolation requirements Period of self-isolation 26 Modification For the purposes of clause 8, the period of self-isolation— (a) starts as soon as practicable after the person is notified that this schedule applies to them (the start time); and (b) ends at the earlier of the following: (i) the same time of day as, but on the 10th day after, the start time; or Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Schedule 3 Clause Brief description Modification (ii) the same time of day as, but on the 10th day after, the person develops any COVID-19 symptoms; or (iii) any earlier time specified in a Director-General notice.
cl 9 cl 10 cl 11 cl 12 cl 13 cl 14 3 4 Person must remain at place of self- isolation except when undertaking permitted activities Person must not permit anyone to enter place of self-isolation except as permitted Person must undergo medical examination and testing as required Person must comply with any requirements for monitoring compliance Permitted reasons to leave place of self-isolation Essential permitted movement Permitted work and permitted work travel Part 3 Miscellaneous How to read clause references In this schedule, a clause reference in a table is a reference to a clause in Part 1 of this order.
Relationship with other self-isolation schedules If there is an inconsistency between this schedule and any other self-isolation schedule, the other Schedule prevails.
27 Schedule 4 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Version as at 4 March 2022 Schedule 4 Critical workers for specified events Item 1 2 3 Event International Cricket Council Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 to be held in New Zealand from 4 March 2022 to 4 April 2022 DHL Super Rugby Pacific 2022 Season ANZ Test Series Blackcaps vs South Africa cl 5 Participants Players and staff of participating cricket teams Match officials, event staff, host broadcast crew, venue and match set up staff, turf staff, and venue operations staff Players and staff of participating rugby teams Game officials, event staff, host broadcast crew, venue and game set up staff, turf staff, and venue operations staff Players and staff of participating cricket teams Match officials, event staff, host broadcast crew, venue and match set up staff, turf staff, and venue operations staff Dated at Wellington this 24th day of February 2022.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 February 2022.

Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response.


28 Version as at 4 March 2022 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 Notes Notes 1 General This is a consolidation of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isola‐ tion Requirements and Permitted Work) Order 2022 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments.

This presump‐ tion applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, pub‐ lished as an electronic version, is an official version.

A printed version of legis‐ lation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to con‐ solidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/53) Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2022 29